Road Traffic Authority Inspects Roads Damaged by Heavy Rain and Typhoons... Identifies Improvement Measures

The Korea Road Traffic Authority announced that it has established safety facility improvement measures to prevent secondary damage and ensure rapid recovery for road sections damaged by heavy rain, and has provided these measures to local governments.

To inspect safety facilities damaged by heavy rain and typhoons this summer, the Authority formed an emergency disaster support team in the Chungbuk Branch, Daejeon-Sejong-Chungnam Branch, and Gyeongbuk Branch, conducting urgent inspections on 305 km of road sections across 11 local governments including Sejong City and Cheongju City in Chungbuk.

Jogokgyo Bridge in Cheongju-si, Chungbuk, which was damaged by heavy rain last July. [Photo by Road Traffic Authority]

The emergency disaster support team conducted on-site investigations on road damage and drainage issues in the affected sections, as well as functional degradation of traffic safety facilities and road safety facilities, identifying 206 improvement measures including repainting road markings, restoring traffic safety facilities, and repairing road damage.

Specifically, 81 improvement measures were identified over a 40.3 km section in Chungbuk (Cheongju and Goesan), 61 measures over a 120.8 km section in Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungnam (Sejong, Gongju, Cheongyang, Nonsan, and Buyeo), and 64 measures over a 143.9 km section in Gyeongbuk (Mungyeong, Yecheon, Yeongju, and Bonghwa).

Lee Jumin, President of the Korea Road Traffic Authority, stated, “As a specialized traffic safety organization, we conducted inspections to promptly improve and restore safety facilities on damaged road sections. We will continue to support local governments by providing improvement plans to prevent secondary traffic accident damage and ensure a safe traffic environment.”

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